Gas-range water top



Jan. 4, 1927. l 1,613,454 A P. GusTAsoN GAS RANGE WATER TOP Filed Nov. 18, 1924 Patented Jan. 4, 1927.

UNITED STATES rar FTQ@

GAS-RANGE WATER TOP.

Application filed November The operation of gas stoves is attended with a considerable waste of heat which is deflected laterally and escapes at the sides of the utensil without performing effective work and it is the intention of the present invention to utilize such heat and to provide a stove top through which water may be. circulated and heated without requiring the consumption of additional fuel.

ln accordance with the present invention a gas stove is provided with a hollow top through which water is circulated, said top having the usual openings in line with the burners for the reception of various cooking utensils, the heat usually wasted by lateral deflection being utilized for heating the water passing t-hrough the hollow top.

Other objects and advantages will be apparent and suggest themselves as the nature of the invention is understood.

lNhile the draawings illustrate an embodiment of the invention it is to be understood that in adapting the same to meet ditl'ferent conditions and requirements,various changes in the form, proportion and minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the nature of the invention.

Referring to the accompanying drawings forming a part of the specification,

Figure 1 is atop plan View of a gas stove provided with a water top embodying the `invention Figure 2 is a sectional view on the line 2-2 of Figure 1, and

Figure 3 is a sectional view on the line 3 3 of Figure 1, the burners being omitted.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and designated in the several views of the drawings by like reference characters.

The numeral denotes the top frame of a gas stove, 11 the fuel pipe, and 12 the burners, and these parts may be of any well known construction and arrangement and are illustrated to demonstrate the application of the invention.

rlhe numeral 13 designates the top of the stove which in the present instance is hollow, the enclosed space 14 being shallow and adapted to have water circulated therethrough, the inlet 15 being provided adjaie, 1924. serial no. 750,624.

cent one corner and the. outlet 16 being located adjacent the opposite corner, and said space being subdivided by a partition 1T which connects with one side wall but which is spaced from the other side wall whereby to cause the water to travel across and then back so as to receive the full benefit of the heat from the several burners 12. Openings 18 are formed in the top 13 in line with the several burners 12 and these openings flare upwardly and downwardly from an intermediate plane thereby providing an extend ed surface for the action of the heat. A burner 19 is also provided under the hollow top 13, in alinement with the space at the end of the partition 17 that may be used as a heat-er when the burners 12 are not in operation.

lt is well known that in the operation ot the ordinary gas stove considerable heat is wasted by lateral deflection andk in accord ance with the present invention the heat so deflected and ordinaril.Tv wasted is utilized to heat the water circulating through the hollow top, and in this connection it is observed that a boiler may be provided and coupled to the water top in substantially the same manner of connecting the water-back of a kitchen range with a domestic boiler.

lWhat is claimed is substant-ially rectangular form, said top having two pairs of burner openings, the edges of the top at said openings beinginclined upwardly and outwardly, said openings at the top being shaped to receive lids adapted to directly rest on the uppermost inclined walls, burners for said openings, said top interiorly thereof between the pairs of openings having a partition extending from one wall and terminating relatively close to the. other wall, and an inlet and an outlet connection at one side of the top and at the corners in communication with the top on opposite sides of said partition, and an auX- iliary burner for the top adjacent the distal end of the partition whereby the water on each side of the partition will be equally affected.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

PETER GUSTASON.

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